Q Background: A major challenge in treating and supporting individuals with mental health is stigma. Stigma in mental health is defined as: Stigma is a mark of disgrace that sets a person apart from others. When a person is labelled by their illness they are no longer seen as an individual but as part of a stereotyped group. Stigma discourages people from getting support for themselves and for their children. Parents may be reluctant to have their child screened or seek assistance for parenting. Women with perinatal mood disorder (post partum depression) may blame themselves for not connecting with their baby. Parents with a trauma history may not understand the impact on their parenting and the resources available to help. Families with a child who does have challenges may isolate themselves. Resources: Read through the following resources: Mental Health Stigma Fact Sheet (Links to an external site.) March of Dimes - Stigma and Maternal and Child Health (Links to an external site.) 9 Ways to Fight Mental Health Stigma - National Alliance on Mental Illness (Links to an external site.) If you are interested in stigma in the Latinx community, Sanamente - Resources to address wellness and mental health in the Latinx community (Links to an external site.) Response: Taking into consideration the information from the 3 web resources: NAMI, March of Dimes, and Stigma Fact Sheet. Reflect on your own perception of mental illness and concrete steps you can take to combat stigma. Your post will be approximately 500 words Include a connection to at least 2 of the resources. Include a reflection based on personal experience, professional experience, observations of your community, observations of the media or larger culture, etc. A connection to the reading means you quote or paraphrase part of the reading, cite it using APA citation, and then explain how this connects to the topic of stigma and the assigned resources.